A Note to Our Readers
Some personnel news: Our editor-in-chief, Elbert Ventura, will return to Vox.com in January to become executive editor. During his time at the Chronicle of Philanthropy, he has done much to strengthen and expand our coverage and plan for signature work in 2024, including a forthcoming Trends issue in January, the Philanthropy 50 in March, a national survey of nonprofit leaders in May, and a few other projects we can’t wait to tell you about. We will soon begin the search for a new editor-in-chief, consulting broadly to ensure an inclusive and thoughtful process. In the interim, CEO Stacy Palmer will resume serving as top editor. We wish Elbert well and thank him for his contributions to the Chronicle!
Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online
Two sponsors of the National Book Awards will sit out the ceremony tonight after hearing that some of the authors on the program would make statements about the Israel-Hamas war. Zibby Owens, who owns sponsor Zibby Media, blogged that she refused to “be a part of anything that promotes discrimination, in this case of Israel and the Jewish people.” Book of the Month will also skip the ceremony. The National Book Foundation alerted sponsors and ticket-holders Tuesday that some winners would likely “issue political statements from the podium,” as others have done in the past. (New York Times)
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- How a Local Nonprofit Is Looking to Save $167 Million in Wealth Locked Up in Jacksonville Homes (Jacksonville Business Journal)
- This Nonprofit Is Teaching Arizona Prisoners How to Code (Axios Phoenix)
- A Nonprofit Development in Arizona Offers a Model for Affordable Home Ownership (Dwell)
- Knight Foundation’s New Prez Helped Gut a Local News Company (Daily Beast)
- University Hospitals in Cleveland Will Create a Sports Research Center With Help of $20M Gift From Haslam Family (Cleveland.com)
- Column: Want People to Understand Climate Change? Pay The Experts (Los Angeles Times)
- Catholic Priest Taps His Private-Markets Roots to Advance Missionary Work (Wall Street Journal — subscription)
- Iowa Teen Grew 7,000 Pounds of Veggies, Then Gave Them All Away (Washington Post)
- Teen Nonprofit CEO More Than Doubles Reach of Hygiene Kit Program for Norcal Homeless Students (CBS News)
- Amid ‘Checkout Charity’ Boom, Some Americans Are More Likely to Be Impulse Givers Than Others (Conversation)
- Tips on How and When to Donate During a Humanitarian Crisis (Kiplinger)
Correction: Monday’s edition of Philanthropy Today mistakenly stated that Schmidt Futures would be “ending its Quad Fellowship.” The Quad Fellowship will in fact continue to exist, but will be transitioning away from Schmidt Futures to another hosting entity.
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